interviews
Star Wars: The Old Republic designers discuss the creation of the Alderaan stronghold
If you like to build something to last in Star Wars: The Old Republic, don't build on Alderaan. Sure, it looks pretty right now, but...
The Game Archaeologist: Tabula Rasa
The story of Tabula Rasa begins, as so many others do, with 1997's Ultima Online. Raph Koster and Richard Garriott's online fantasy sandbox proved...
Final Fantasy XIV launches behind-the-scenes Shadowbringers retrospective
The PAX East panel for Final Fantasy XIV will be streaming live on Saturday, February 29th. No, Square-Enix will not be attending the convention, but...
Blue Protocol aims for Japan first, the world after – confirming western arrival
With closed beta on the way, excitement and anticipation is building for the anime-styled Blue Protocol. But when will it come out -- and,...
New World may consider bringing back gankbox elements, talks up its uniqueness
Amazon Game Studios did an interview with IGN this week about New World that's part puzzler, part eyebrow-raiser, part declaration of war.
First, remember how...
Overwatch previews its new triple damage composition experimental mode
As fine-tuned as Overwatch tries to be (you leave your own opinions about how successful that's been), sometimes you have to try some radical...
Mad World interviews its writing team and further fleshes out its universe
With a game title like Mad World, you probably expect a lot of things to have gone wrong. Part of getting that sensation is...
Pearl Abyss America CEO talks about the MMO market and Black Desert Online’s success
It's a good sign that Black Desert Online has been not just a flash in the pan but an ongoing success in the MMO field...
Square Enix has canceled most of its Final Fantasy XIV and FFXI PAX East festivities over the coronavirus
Whether or not you think the Coronavirus scare is overblown, it's been impacting launches, ports, and conventions for the last month. The latest such...
Interview: Population Zero devs on the May Steam launch, buy-to-play, and PvP philosophy
Survival MMORPG Population Zero is officially launching on Steam in early May, Enplex Games announced today. As part of the reveal, the studio's also...
Interview: Pearl Abyss on Shadow Arena’s Black Desert origins, esports, audience, and more
Along with battle royale fans and Black Desert players, we've been keeping an eye on Pearl Abyss' Shadow Arena, the one-time battle royale mode...
PlanetSide 2 boss hedges on existence of PlanetSide 3 in new interview
It's a bit out of date, since it refers to the launch of Escalation as if it were happening today (MMO players have known...
Jack Emmert isn’t sure Daybreak will publish his next MMO, says DCUO is as big as it was four years ago
In January, Daybreak finally announced the fruits of its "realignment" that we'd been covering since last summer: It was splitting off new substudios for...
World of Warcraft: Classic is now inviting players into Blackwing Lair for the next phase of content
It's time to raid Blackwing Lair in World of Warcraft: Classic all over again. Of course, people have a slightly better idea of what to...
MMO Business Roundup: Kakao’s controlling stake in XLGAMES, Steam’s new record, Xbox’s games-as-a-service
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Kakao Games: Kakao has snapped up a controlling stake in XLGAMES, having acquired 53%...
Black Desert’s standalone battle royale title Shadow Arena enters closed beta on February 27
Can a game really get a second chance to make a first impression? We may well find out once Shadow Arena, the standalone battle...
Astellia Online seems to be getting positive buzz following its Steam launch
So Astellia Online had a bit of a problem to start its Steam launch with its buy-in being classified as a non-refundable form of...
Blizzard’s Diablo just picked up a new overseer, and some fans are worried
Well now, the Diablo franchise just got a wee bit more interesting. Prominent Epic and Microsoft developer Rod Fergusson announced last night that he's...
Perfect Ten: When celebs crossed paths with MMOs
Even as the world continues to turn to and normalize gaming as a respectable hobby, there's still a lingering stigma of playing online titles...
Cyperpunk 2077 won’t be ‘mixing’ its singleplayer and multiplayer modes
Still grumpy about Cyberpunk 2077's delay from April to September? Even grumpier about the revelation that multiplayer - the thing we care about around...
